#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#include<algorithm>
#include<iostream>
#include<stdio.h>
using namespace std;
const int N=1e6+9;
int a[1000];
int main()
{
int n;
cin>>n;
int maxx=0,minn=N;
for(int i=0; i<n; i++)
{
cin>>a[i];
if(a[i]>maxx)
maxx=a[i];
if(a[i]<minn)
minn=a[i];
}
cout<<maxx-minn<<endl;
return 0;
}